PPSC interview result | Teachers put off protest
1,585 qualify for interview
Lahore, May 26: The Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) has cleared
1,585 candidates for interview as a result of written test for the recruitment
to 313 posts of Lecturer English (Female) BS-17 in the Punjab Education
Department. The details of candidates qualifying for the interview are available
at Commission's website www.ppsc.gov.pk.
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Teachers put off protest
Lahore: The Primary Elementary Teachers Association (PETA) has postponed its protest
demonstration scheduled for Tuesday (today) after successful dialogue with
Schools Secretary Nadeem Ashraf. In a press statement issued on Monday, the PETA
office bearers including its Patron Muhammad Mazhar Iqbal and Secretary General
M Afzal Sajid claimed that a 16-point charter of demands was presented to the
Schools secretary out of which 13 were approved while the secretary also agreed
to move a summary to the Punjab chief minister in this regard. According to the
statement, the schools secretary said the learning coordinators (LCs) would be
restored to their previous position. He said EST and PST would be given scales
14 and 12 respectively while their salaries would also be increased.
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PGMI Admissions
Lahore: The Postgraduate Medical Institute (PGMI), Lahore, has extended the last date of receipt of
applications/admission forms for various postgraduate degrees and diploma
courses from May 25 to June 1. The News
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Educationists ask for legislation, more funds
Lahore: The government should pass legislation in parliament and increase the
funds allocated to education in the budget in order to improve the standard of
education in the country, educationists demanded at a seminar on
Monday. The seminar, titled 'National Education Policy: Review and
Reflections', was organised by the Punjab University (PU) Faculty of Education
at the Institute of Education and Research (IER) at the New Campus. PU
Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran was the chief guest on the occasion,
while Faculty of Education Dean Dr Hafiz Muhammad Iqbal presided over the
seminar. Institute of Education and Research (IER) Director Dr Mumtaz Akhtar,
Mrs Rana Hussain of Agha Khan University-IED, Karachi, Dr Shahid Siddiqui of
Lahore School of Economics (LSE), Javed Hassan Aly, faculty members and a large
number of students attended the seminar. Higher standards: Addressing
the seminar, Dr Mujahid Kamran emphasised that the standard of higher education
must be improved to raise the education standards at graduation, Intermediate
and lower levels because the faculty members of institutions providing higher
education has a direct or indirect bearing on the education and curriculum of
colleges and schools. Kamran said the standard of education could not be
improved without involving educationists in the formulation and implementation
of policy. He said the Higher Education Commission had sent scholars abroad for
their PHDs in recent years, which was a positive step. He said special attention
should be paid to continuing this policy. Speaking on the occasion, Rana
Hussain said there were no proper arrangements for training teachers in
Pakistan. He said good teachers could not be prepared without institutions for
training teachers. She said the standard of education could not be raised by
merely raising their salaries. Multiple systems: While addressing the
seminar, Dr Shahid Siddiqui talked about language and gender. He said the
standard of education was not up to the mark due to the existence of multiple
education systems. He said even the medium of instruction of a great number of
students was still Urdu, due to which they had to face difficulties in their
practical lives. Quoting a research, he said in the last five years, only 50
percent of the total funds allocated for education were utilised.
Education expert Javed Hassan Aly discussed the Draft Education Policy
2009, and highlighted its salient features, strengths and weaknesses. He
stressed that the procedure for formulating policy must be made transparent. He
said it could not be denied that we had very little resources, but the
importance of education could not be ignored either. He said, "If we really want
to improve the education system, we have to allocate 25 percent of the GDP for
education." Daily Times
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Students asked to accept challenges of modern
Lahore: The Vice Chancellor Government College University
Lahore Prof. Khalid Aftab has called upon the young students to show solid
commitment for building economic future of the country. He said "We should
accept the challenges of modern age through integrated efforts." He was
addressing the participants of the Ravian Economists Alumni, Economics
Department of GCU. He said that we should prepare ourself for facing the
economic challenges posed the current financial crisis. He said that we were
lacking in many fields and human resource deficit is perhaps our biggest
problem. Prof. Khalid Aftab said that inspite of numerous problems and hurdles,
we at GCU have maintained our standards and incessantly engaged in providing
better facilities to our students. Dr. Ijaz Nabi, Dean Faculty of Humanities and
Social Sciences, Lahore University of Management Sciences was the Guest Speaker
on the occasion. He spoke on the current state of the economy and said
non-collection of taxes, decline in exports, escalation in imports, extremely
weak social protection system, energy crisis and deteriorating law and order
were the major issues confronting Pakistan. He said presently we were facing
tough times and passing through a very critical stage of our history. He said we
were not focusing on economic growth and after 2007 our economy has been damaged
badly. He underlined the need to Lear from the growth experiences of the East
Asia in which exports provided the impetus to their economies. Addressing the
ceremony the Chairperson Economics Department Asif Saeed presented the annual
report and highlighted the achievements of the Departments in research and
teaching. Before the dinner the Editor "Econo Mag" Syed M. Asif Bukhari launched
the 9th volume of the magazine, while Hammad Raza and Huma Rabbani conducted the
ceremony. The Music Society of GC University Lahore entertained the audience
during musical evening after the dinner. F.P report
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